Senior Director, Flights Engineering

Priceline; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Remote work flexibility (up to 4 weeks

Travel perks

Retirement plans

Job summary

Priceline seeks a Senior Director, Flights Engineering to lead the teams powering our Flight Shopping Platform. You will drive technology strategy, architecture decisions, and cross-functional execution with Product and business stakeholders in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment.

You will manage managers and engineers across global teams, shaping the org, culture, and long-term technical direction, while promoting a healthy work/life balance and customer-focused outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading software development teams.
• Experience overseeing an org of 20+ across multiple teams.
• B2C, e-commerce, or OTA experience; travel industry exposure a plus.
• Proven hiring and development of engineering leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development teams powering Priceline's Flight Shopping Platform.
• Scale delivery and cross-functional execution through teams.
• Drive technology strategy, backbone operations, and system architecture.
• Lead adoption of AI/agentic engineering practices for shopping innovation.
• Own multi-team roadmap with Product Group and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

System architecture

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

AI/agentic engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

AWS

Job description

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: 2 days in-office.

Senior Director, Flights Engineering

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you're in the right place.

Why This Job's a Big Deal

As one of our leaders, you'll have a big impact on our products and their technical direction, as well as influence the company's technical strategy. You will also have a big impact on your team members, their day-to-day experience on our team and their growth over time. To continuously deliver on our goal to be the best travel deal makers in the world for millions of our customers, we need to have well designed technology that is reliable, performs well, and allows for the continuous improvements we make to our products, and we also need to have teams that feel engaged, productive, empowered, and sustainable. All of this requires talented leaders with the right mix of technical, collaborative, management, and leadership skills and values.

In This Role You Will Get To

• Lead and be responsible for a software development teams that owns the services that power Priceline's Flight Shopping Platform
• Serve as a leader of leaders, scaling delivery and cross-functional execution through your teams
• Drive technology strategy, operational backbone, and system architecture decisions across the flights domain
• Lead adoption of AI/agentic engineering practices to accelerate shopping-experience innovation
• Own the multi-team roadmap and partner with Product Group Engineering leads, flight commercial stakeholders, and cross-functional peers to set priorities and long-term technical direction
• Manage and coach talented managers and engineers of all levels of experience.
• Have influence on what we build, how we build, and how we work.
• Participate in various formal and/or grass-roots technical and non-technical communities at Priceline.
• Become part of a team and organization that is passionate about our work, but values a healthy work/life balance.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and development.
• 5+ years experience in leading software development teams.
• Proven track record managing a mix of people-managers and senior ICs, overseeing an org of 20+ across multiple teams.
• B2C, e-commerce, or OTA experience, ideally with a strong experimentation culture; travel industry experience a plus.
• Skilled at hiring, coaching, and developing engineering leaders, including performance management of managers.
• Experience operating across global, cross-functional teams and managing competing priorities through organizational change.
• Proven collaboration skills with both technical and less-technical colleagues.
• Experience with developing on Cloud, especially GCP and AWS.
• Strong system-architecture fluency, with comfort partnering deeply on technical decisions.
• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.
• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it's a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.

The salary range for this position is $210,000- $265,000K USD.

Who We Are

Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it's a dream vacation, your cousin's graduation, or your best friend's wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers.

Our culture is unique and inspiring (that's what our employees tell us). We're a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn't stabilized.

We're on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies, a highly profitable global online travel company with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Our sister companies include Booking.com, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.

If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out!

Flexible work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Perks & Benefits At Priceline

Our benefits are designed to support your health, wellbeing, and life inside and outside of work. Eligible Priceliners have access to:

• Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
• Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days
• Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)
• Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts
• Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits
• Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits
• A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together

Specific benefits and programs vary by location.

Inclusion is a Big Deal

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We'd love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.